Hello wendyhug,

                          Making him comfortable is a great idea after all he has been through.Remember the effects of radio/chemo are cumalitive and you are pretty much all done in by the end of the course.The body will be going through a shock from the removal of the shock of having treatments if this makes sense.

Having gone through chemo/radio myself and seeing firsthand the brutal effects of such,l would say its early days to be jumping to any definite conclusions.Keep an open mind,try and do anything/everything to encourage food and liquid intake,with absolutely nothing out of bounds,little and often and think tiny temptations rather than hearty intakes.Be prepared for the body functions to ricochet from one extreme to the other,equilibrium can be eliusive and take time to reappear.Initial improvements can be so miniscule and difficult to discern,its only over an extended time period that you can judge forward momentum.

                                                         No one on this forum can give you an answer for sure of the direction of travel,just encourage you to encourage your dad to keep on trying for the little things,they can add up in the longer term.

                                                 Hope it works out for you,

                                                                                           David

thank you david for your reply much appreciated i know it's a lot for him but we at a stand still till waiting in outcome of treatment i work for NHS & deal with a lot of end of life with same symptoms so bit worrying at the minute that is why i was asking for advice i just don't want it to be to late  & i hope you doing well david after your treatment xx